Hydraulic Engineering Expert Witnesses
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What is a hydraulic engineering expert witness?
Hydraulic engineering expert witness candidates are typically professional engineers with expertise and extensive experience in civil engineering, mechanical engineering, geotechnical engineering, environmental engineering, fluid mechanics, and/or hydrology. Professional engineers that can act as expert witnesses for hydraulic engineering matters have advanced degrees (PE, PhD) with a sub-specialty in hydraulics and years of practical experience. In a high-profile case, or litigation involving a significant financial stake, a law firm may request a subject matter expert with prior expert witness testimony experience.
What types of cases require a hydraulic engineering expert witness?
In hydraulics-based systems, movement is produced by pumped liquid, such as water or oil. Example cases that would require a professional with expertise in hydraulics could involve construction equipment, industrial machines, hydraulic jacks, hydraulic fluid, and hydraulic presses. A hydraulics consultant could also provide expertise for cases involving water distribution and collection systems, storm drain system, sediment transport, flood damage, or dam design.
Legal cases and projects involving hydraulics technology that Cahn Litigation Services locates expert witnesses for often involve intellectual property, such as a patent infringement case in district or federal court, inter partes review in the PTAB, or trade secret disputes. A forensic engineer can prove (or disprove) intellectual property infringement or theft. A subject matter expert in hydraulics might also provide expert testimony in a product liability, design defect, or personal injury case.
Hydraulic engineering expert witness case examples
Exemplary cases have included:
- Connecticut floodplain site development dispute representing insurance companies,
- groundwater pollution in Colorado,
- rural Pennsylvania stormwater management,
- Ohio development wastewater master planning,
- engineering services to support a case encompassing culvert construction defects, and
- New York water resources.
What litigation support work might a hydraulic engineering expert witness be expected to perform?
Expert witness services by a hydraulics expert could include forensic engineering, failure analyses, accident reconstruction, research and authoring expert reports, providing expert opinions, depositions, and expert testimony at a trial. Attorneys also frequently utilize the expertise of a civil engineer or mechanical engineer with specialized knowledge in hydraulics for pre-litigation consulting services.
Cahn Litigation Services has the experience required to turn a search for a hydraulic engineering expert witness around quickly, providing the right balance of expertise and testimony experience.
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Hydraulic Engineering Expert Witness - Representative Bios
Please Note: All Cahn Litigation expert witness searches are customized to attorneys' precise specifications and preferences. Attorneys are encouraged to discuss search parameters with a Cahn search specialist.
The below expert witness bios represent a small fraction of those Hydraulic Engineering experts known by Cahn Litigation Services. These bios are provided to give lawyers a sense of the Hydraulic Engineering landscape.
Expert Witness #254474
This expert is an electrical engineering expert with many years of hands-on experience in industrial controls, automation, machinery, equipment, industrial safety and machine safeguarding. This expert applies expertise to forensic casework involving industrial controls, machine safeguarding, workplace safety, industrial/commercial/residential electric power systems, electrical related fires, electric shocks, and electrocutions. This expert is proficient in the National Electrical Code, National Electrical Safety Code, Electrical Safety in the Workplace, OSHA Standards for General Industry, and OSHA Electrical Safety Standards.
For many years this expert was a controls engineer for a control system integrator, where this expert was involved in control panel design, industrial automation, machine control, electrical design, software programming, installation, electrical contractor supervision, machine safeguarding, commissioning, project management, electrical power distribution and workplace safety. This expert was a corporate engineer performing electrical engineering in 4 different manufacturing facilities, including industrial controls, automation, process control, process engineering, quality control, robotics, industrial safety, machine safeguarding manufacturing supervision, and product development.
This expert is a licensed Professional Engineer in more than 20 states and a member of the National Academy of Forensic Engineers (NAFE), National Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE), American Association of Safety Engineers (ASSE) as well as the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).
This expert provides technical investigations, analysis, reports, and testimony toward the resolution of commercial and personal injury litigation involving design, construction, operation, maintenance and training of electrical systems, equipment and devices.
This expert’s areas of expertise include:
Automation, controls, automated manufacturing, automated assembly lines, conveyors, robotics, material handling, packaging, robotic cells, automated storage and retrieval systems (ASRS), test cells, gantries, cranes, elevators, conveyors, lifts, turn tables, pumps, fans, scales, instrumentation, motion control, process control, boiler control, steam control, speed control, industrial controls, HVAC systems, air conditioners, air handling, boilers, compressed air, exhaust, centrifugal and absorption chillers, heaters, ovens, presses, grinders, cutting, broaching, stamping presses, hydraulics, pneumatics, vision, inspection, weighing, RFID, barcode, RF Radios, recipe/batch management, gas analyzers, motor controls, motion control, electrical control panels, control panel design/build (UL certified), PLC, HMI, MES, SCADA and software development, industrial communications (wired and wireless), information systems, data collection, data reporting, alarming, and industrial safety.
This expert’s expertise also extends to:
Industrial control software, programmable logic controllers (PLC), human machine interface (HMI), graphical user interface (GUI), supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA). Other software Visual Basic, C++, Microsoft SQL. PLC Software, Allen Bradley/Rockwell RSLogix/5/500/5000/IPDS, Siemens S5/S7/TIA Portal, Mitsubishi MEDOC/GX Developer/GX Works, Omron, Telemechanique, Modicon,B+R, Opto22, Steeplechase VLC, PC Worx, Wago, Automation Direct, Koyo HMI / GUI / SCADA Software, Rockwell RSView, Rockwell FactoryTalk, Allen Bradley Panelbuilder, Siemens WinCC, Mitsubishi GOT, Mitsubishi GX Worx, Wonderware, Intellution, Iconics, Cimplicity, Proficy iFix, Indusoft, Automation Direct C-more, Industrial Communication Networks, Ethernet, Profibus, Profinet, Ethernet I/P, DeviceNet, ControlNet, Interbus, and ASi-Bus.
Start Hydraulic Engineering Expert SearchExpert Witness #255046
This expert has many years' experience in dredging, with a customer list of Fortune 500 companies for dredging and dredging consulting. This expert's experience began as a Fluid Power (hydraulics) Engineer, designing and building systems for seven hydraulic dredges including cutterheads, dredge pumps and winches. Along the way this expert has invented equipment to make dredging more efficient. This expert is well-published, having written a book and numerous journal articles and is has been a lecturer at industry seminars and conferences. This expert has deep experience as a testifying expert and has provided litigation support in over 25 dredging cases (supporting both plaintiff and defendant).
Start Hydraulic Engineering Expert SearchExpert Witness #238561
This expert is a Professional Engineer with Mechanical Engineering, Structural Engineering, and Civil Engineering degrees and certificates. This expert has a good deal of ladder logic experience within the context of Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC) and Computer Numerical Controls (CNC). This expert was engaged in the design, manufacture, installation and startup of robotic pick and place machinery, performing all engineering calculations necessary in the design of these robotic machines and programming the PLCs during the initial installation period. This expert has also dealt with the design and construction of industrial material handling systems, such as conveyors, piping systems, crane, monorails, robotics, PLCs, hydraulics, pneumatics and electrical controls. This expert had sole responsibility for designing, installing, programming and startup of CNC for manufacturing machine equipment, including selection of components, ladder logic programming, modification of machinery, and machine design. This expert holds two U.S. Patents and is working on two others. This expert has been engaged as an expert witness in a number of cases.
Start Hydraulic Engineering Expert SearchExpert Witness #216339
This expert is an engineer and former public-company executive who consults in engineering, patents, and management. This expert’s long career spans industrial, oilfield, and medical interests, both domestic and international. This expert’s experience includes electrical and electronic engineering, pneumatic and hydraulic equipment, automated control systems, and construction.
This expert holds an M.S. in Engineering and is licensed in both electrical engineering and control systems engineering. This expert has been admitted to the National Academy of Forensic Engineers, and has been certified in Systems Integration as well as Computer Forensics. This expert is qualified as a Master Electrician and has been licensed as an electrical/instrumentation contractor. This expert was granted a patent for a nuclear medical device, has taught at two universities, and has qualified as an expert witness in US Federal Court.
As VP at an automation and controls company, this expert provided control system design and fabrication for a manufacturer and operator of heavy lift equipment. This expert was employed in an adjunct capacity as a Senior Consultant to help a new company with projects related to heavy lift and other applications.
Start Hydraulic Engineering Expert SearchExpert Witness #238520
This mechanical and automotive engineering expert is a PE and mechanical engineer who provides forensic engineering investigation and analysis services for legal and insurance matters involving claims and causes of action resulting in personal injury or death.
This expert is knowledgeable about ATV and other braking systems and has worked on cases involving motorcycle braking failures. This expert has explained that older ATV brake systems commonly used cable-operated shoe brakes, where the brake shoes expand inside a brake drum, while newer ATV brake systems often use hydraulic disc brakes, which are more reliable.
This expert is experienced as an expert witness and litigation consultant.
Start Hydraulic Engineering Expert SearchExpert Witness #256963
This mechanical engineering expert holds MSME, MBA, PE, and CSP credentials and is a licensed professional engineer and certified safety professional. This expert has experience in the design and analysis of trailers and components for RVs and motor homes, and is familiar with the design, principles of operation, and components typically used in hydraulic leveling systems.
This expert has also designed multiple sets of outriggers and stabilizers for cranes and bucket trucks. This expert is experienced in writing expert reports and providing testimony through deposition or at trial, and is an experienced witness and litigation consultant.
Start Hydraulic Engineering Expert SearchExpert Witness #266578
This mechanical engineering expert has over 10 years of experience as an expert witness in mechanical engineering and has provided reports, declarations, depositions, and live testimony. This expert has over 40 years of experience in industrial and consumer product design.
This expert has substantial proficiency and experience with common force and motion transfer methods in mechanical engineering, including gears, belt drive systems, cams, chain drive systems, electric motor drives, linkages, and hydraulic and pneumatic systems. This expert has designed gimbal systems for industrial applications and consumer products that use these mechanical systems, as well as motion-dampening devices and a complex combined latching and cam motion system.
Start Hydraulic Engineering Expert SearchExpert Witness #270371
This mechanical engineering expert is a P.E. and senior machinery consultant performing engineering work in fluid systems and rotating and reciprocating machinery, particularly large turbines, generators, compressors, and pumps. Typical responsibilities include applying technical experience in design, analysis, and testing of plant machinery and other fluid and mechanical systems.
This expert has background in various types of turbines, including hydraulic, steam, and gas turbines, as well as various types of pumps, including centrifugal and positive displacement pumps such as reciprocating, gear, rotary, and screw pumps. This expert began in the automotive industry, developing innovative fuel pumps and fuel injection systems for reciprocating engines.
This expert holds a B.S.M.E. and a Masters degree in Engineering/Mechanical Design from a prestigious university, as well as an M.Sc. in Applied Mechanics from a well-regarded technical university.
This expert has significant experience with IPR, PGR, deposition, and trial testimony. This expert also has experience with the design and application of all types of bearings, including fluid film bearings such as hydrodynamic, hydrostatic, air-based, water-based, and lube oil-based bearings. This expert has held a leadership role in a prominent engineering society associated with tribology and lubrication engineering.
Start Hydraulic Engineering Expert SearchExpert Witness #284311
This land use/water rights expert is a senior consulting engineer who assists clients with water management projects ranging from residential development to agriculture and mining. This expert holds a B.Sc. in Hydrology and Hydraulic/Groundwater Engineering and worked for a state water resources agency for over 20 years before opening a consulting firm.
Start Hydraulic Engineering Expert SearchExpert Witness #286984
This plumbing systems and HVAC/mechanical systems expert is a Licensed Professional Engineer and United States Patent Agent whose work is performed in support of litigation, intellectual property disputes, product recalls, insurance investigations, and industrial problem solving. This expert has critiqued product infringement issues within the scope of patent protection and has investigated, analyzed, and reconstructed accidents involving vehicles, machines, mechanical systems, and industrial equipment.
This expert is a member of several professional organizations, including prominent mechanical engineering, automotive engineering, testing standards, accident reconstruction, and heating, refrigeration, and air-conditioning engineering associations.
HVAC and plumbing systems experience includes failure analysis of commercial and residential climate control systems, boilers, chillers, humidifiers, commercial cooling towers, radiators, underground piping, frozen pipes, valves, meters, and sprinklers. Intellectual property experience includes reviewing patents and subject products, analyzing the design or performance of products within the scope of associated claims, and creating visual aids to demonstrate conclusions. Experience also includes patent drafting and prior art searches. Product examples include home goods, agricultural equipment, industrial equipment, and toys. Mechanical systems experience includes completing analysis on the design, installation, maintenance, and failure of systems in multiple application areas, including transportation, heavy industry, food industry, exercise equipment, medical equipment, agricultural equipment, home appliances, and office equipment. The analysis is performed with the aid of product research, standards research, product testing, and computational modeling. Examples of transportation include heavy and light vehicles, car haulers, motorcycles, motorized carts, steering systems, brake systems, fifth wheels, axles, drivelines, suspensions, restraint systems, lift gates, combustion motors, superchargers, and turbochargers. Examples of heavy industry include forklift trucks, street sweepers, electric and combustion motors, generators, compressors, industrial pumps, industrial fans, conveyors, crushers, shaker screens, spindles, grinders, industrial peelers, chippers, gearboxes, hydraulic systems, dust collectors, ladders, automated doors and gates, heavy gears, roller bearings, slewing rings, seals, machine guarding, mechanical and powered tools, machining centers, industrial racks, industrial chains, roustabouts, man lifts, elevators, cold forming equipment, forging equipment, safety devices, and safety clothing. Examples of the food industry include can seamers, industrial water purifiers, mixers, and processing equipment. Examples of exercise equipment include stability balls and weightlifting equipment.
Start Hydraulic Engineering Expert SearchExpert Witness #293877
This forensic engineering expert is a licensed professional engineer with a B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering, an M.Sc. in Engineering, and an M.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from well-regarded engineering universities.
This expert has been trained to inspect accident scenes, passenger vehicles, and heavy vehicles for defects and accident causation. This expert is experienced in imaging and analyzing Event Data Recorders, Electronic Control Modules, and vehicle brake systems, and has been trained to use computer models for vehicle dynamics simulations and accident reconstructions.
This expert has investigated matters involving vehicle accidents, product defects, and failure analysis models used to determine causation and support opinions. To support accident reconstructions, this expert has conducted testing of industrial and consumer products and equipment involved in accidents resulting in bodily harm, and has provided assessments and reports regarding accident causation, product failure, and defect analysis.
This expert has inspected and tested agricultural tractors, skid steer loaders, construction equipment, commercial trucks and trailers, motorcycles, and passenger vehicles as part of forensic engineering investigations and accident reconstructions. This expert also has experience involving component design changes in construction equipment.
Before consulting work, this expert served in a senior engineering role and as a mechanical engineering subject matter expert for an aerospace company that made debris monitoring sensors and air-oil separators for lubrication and hydraulic systems with aerospace and industrial applications.
This expert is an experienced expert witness and litigation consultant.
Start Hydraulic Engineering Expert SearchExpert Witness #294180
This reverse engineering expert holds a PhD in Electrical Engineering from a well-regarded university-affiliated microelectronics research center, with specialization in integrated circuit reliability and testing.
This expert has reverse engineering experience involving integrated circuit chips, components, printed circuit boards, sub-systems, electrical and electronic systems, mechanical systems, hydraulic systems, and biomedical systems.
Key reverse engineering principles include identifying specific objectives, possessing detailed and in-depth understanding of the underlying physics, and having the necessary hardware and software tools to carry out disassembly and analysis. This expert uses academic laboratories, Federally Funded Research and Development Centers, and public and private company facilities for access to specialized tools and equipment, including scanning electron microscopes, focused ion beam systems, and x-ray inspection systems.
Undergraduate engineering courses developed by this expert were designed to teach students how systems work by teaching how systems fail and by employing effective reverse engineering, diagnostic, and repair methodologies. This expert has also applied reverse engineering expertise in past expert-witness matters.
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